Sweet Potato Noodles with Linguica & Spinach

I’m thinking that I should just call February bandwagon month. Last week I jumped on to the cauliflower rice bandwagon with both feet and today, well, today, I’m taking a giant leap onto the spiralizing wagon with these Sweet Potato Noodles with Linguica & Spinach.

I’m saying giant leap because when it comes to kitchen gadgets, I don’t buy them. Not because I don’t want them, I just have very limited kitchen space so when I give an appliance some real estate in my kitchen, I really need to make sure that I am going to use it.

To be honest, when I started seeing spiralized this and spiralized that last summer, I didn’t think that I would want one. But then I had to start thinking of creative ways to get my toddler to eat a few more veggies at dinner.

I, an avid pasta lover, am not going to sit here and tell you that a spiralizer turns vegetables into the magical thing that is perfectly cooked pasta with just the right amount of bite. However, spiralizing does make eating veggies a bit more fun. These sweet potato noodles for example, went over like gangbusters.

I mean, come on,  orange noodles! How cool is that for a kid?

My little guy may not have been crazy about the added spinach but he love, love, loved the noodles and linguica. And since him eating a plate full of “noodles” meant him eating a plate full of veggies, I’ve only got 4 words:

Winner. Winner. Spiralized. Dinner.

I have not tried any other spiralizers but I do love the one I got for Christmas. It’s the Tri-blade Paderno Spiralizer . I love that there are three different blades: one to make spaghetti like noodles, one to make thicker noodles and one to make ribbons. I have used the shredder blade (to make spaghetti sized noodles) the most. But I am planning on trying some curly fries soon with the chopper blade and a couple salads in the coming weeks with the ribbon blade. So many options so I know I will never regret giving up some of my kitchen space to store one of these babies :)